I’m still here.  And still full timing it in my ‘85 Vanagon - going on 4.5 years full time 

> On Jun 11, 2019, at 5:36 AM, Pete Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have enjoyed 17 years of following this list! Lots of great info and it’s been cool to get to know people through their bus experiences. 
> 
> Pete O
> 1987 Westy “JoesVan” 
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2019, at 23:36, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
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>> There are currently 490 subscribers on the gerry.vanagon.com list. 
>> 
>> I suspect that your hypothesis is correct. I admin a few other lists and where there used to be ten to a hundred posts daily, there’s now one or two a week. All gone to FB no doubt as it’s more ‘immediate.’ WetWesties for example, 2008 saw an avg of 299.8 messages/month. 2018, the avg is 32.5/mo.
>> 
>> I too miss the chatter. I also miss that chatter being archived.
>> 
>> For historical purposes, the following is the first post to the Vanagon list.  (There was a vanagon-L list that preceded it, but those archives are lost to the sands of time as I’m sure this list’s archives will be eventually.) 
>> 
>> We’ve had a good run.
>> 
>> Jim
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>> Date:         Sat, 2 Apr 1994 15:01:54 -0600 (CST)
>> Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
>> From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
>> Subject:      New listprocessor
>> 
>> This is a rather trepid announcement of my installation of the 
>> listprocessor software.
>> 
>> The list is still called vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu, but you can send 
>> help,subscribe,unsubscribe,set vanagon digest messages to 
>> listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu
>> 
>> As soon as I get a welcome message together, I'll post it to the list 
>> so you can forward it to your friends.
>> 
>> If there are any problems, I'll probably see them, but please send mail 
>> to me as gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu if you see them first or you need some 
>> help with something.
>> 
>> Also, if you can spare a few seconds to quickly respond to this note so I 
>> know it got out there somewhere, that'd be nice (I can do that while the 
>> list is still small. <smile>)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> --
>> Gerry
>> Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379
>> 1984 VW Vanagon Waterboxer 1915
>> 
>>> On Jun 10, 2019, at 3:32 PM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>>> I figured that this was best sent to a moderator, hence Ben T in subject line.
>>> The Vanagon list seems to have shrunk to just one or two posts a day, and I'm wondering where everyone has gone.  I'm thinking they have all gone to a FaceBook page, but not sure which one.
>>> I don't do FaceBook, but I checked my wife's account and there is several Vanagon groups; one with 11,000 members!  Is that it?  
>>> There was even a small Vanagon diesel group, and what really surprised me was a Central Florida Vanagon group with a couple of hundred members.  I didn't know that there was that many Vanagons here in Florida.
>>> I'd love to know where everyone has gone because I miss the Vanagon chatter.  Especially as I am searching for a van again now.
>>> Thanks, Anthony (NE FL)